A terrifying serial killer thriller which fans of Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell, and Karin Slaughter will love. 'Like Patterson or Cornwell, Hoffman creates vivid, engrossing crime investigations' Time Out __________ Two years ago William Bantling was put on death row by Florida's Assistant State Attorney, CJ Townsend - for the torture and murder of eleven young women. But now the three cops crucial to Bantling's conviction have been brutally slain. And what's more, CJ knew them all - and the shocking secret they took to their graves. But it's clear that somebody else also knows the truth - though their reasons for wanting it kept quiet are very different to CJ's.Which leaves her with a terrifying choice: reveal the secret she swore to keep and stay alive - or be its last witness, and the next to die . . . Praise for Jilliane Hoffman: 'Intensely readable' Guardian 'Grim and gripping' Crimespree 'Writes like an angel' Independent on Sunday 'Hugely readable' Daily Mirror